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Release Date:
Friday, June 26, 2009 Nationwide
mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking
Plot: What's the story about?
Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna.
Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) and Anna (Abigail Breslin) share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact, her life depends on Anna.
Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara (Cameron Diaz), a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian (Jason Patric), is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse (Evan Ellingson), drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage.
Until Anna, now 11, says "no." Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer (Alec Baldwin), initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate.
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Who stars in My Sister's Keeper: Cast List
Shrek 2 (re-release), Shrek Forever After
Living With Chucky, Miranda’s Victim
13 Minutes, Other People’s Children
Shrapnel, The Vanished
Supercell, Rock of Ages
Toys in Attic, Snatched
Who's making My Sister's Keeper: Crew List
A look at the My Sister's Keeper behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Nick Cassavetes last directed God is a Bullet and Yellow. The film's writer Jeremy Leven last wrote Girl On a Bicycle and Real Steel.
Director
Screenwriter
Producers
Scott GoldmanMark Johnson
Chuck Pacheco
Hillary Sherman
Companies
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Production: What we know about My Sister's Keeper?
Key Facts
- Based on the bestselling book from Jodi Picoult, "My Sister's Keeper" reveals surprising truths that challenge one's perceptions of family love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing. Dakota and Elle Fanning were originally set to play the Fitzgerald sisters but Dakota changed her mind when she found out she would have to shave her head to play the leukemia-suffering character of Kate. Elle dropped out along with her sister, and they were replaced with Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin.
Filming Timeline
- 2009 - June: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2008 - November: The film was set to Production status.
My Sister's Keeper Release Date: When was the film released?
My Sister's Keeper was a Nationwide release in 2009 on Friday, June 26, 2009. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including The Hurt Locker, Surveillance and Cheri.
My Sister's Keeper DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
My Sister's Keeper was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 .